Kearney Middle School
''Challenging and Engaging for Success''
2012 Missouri PLC Exemplary School

School Address:
200 E. 5th St.
Kearney, MO 64060
Phone: 816-628-4115
Fax: 816-628-4424

Principals:
Bart Woods, Principal
Annette Shelton, Assistant Principal
Hours:
Monday thru Friday 7:35 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.

The Kearney R-1 School District is pleased to now have the opportunity to offer a summer school program for our students entering Kindergarten through 5th grade! The program will be 20 days in length beginning on Monday, June 3rd, and will run through Friday, June 28th. Hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students who will be in Kindergarten through 5th grade for the 2013-2014 school year from all four elementary buildings will be attending the summer program at Southview Elementary. Please click here for more information.

9th - 12th Grade Summer School Information

Entering 5th - 8th Grade Summer School Information

Kearney Middle School Summer Transition 2013 Enrollment Form

Kids Club Summer 2013 Enrollment Form

I Have the I-Pads...Now What? Northwest Missouri State University; Kansas City Center Teaching Grant

Pictured with Students: Ulrike Hayes and Terry Barmann(NWMSU)

The $500 grant will allow the students to utilize the class I-Pad for video production. Using the class I-Pad, students prewrite, film, and edit video projects that will be used for school announcements and possible contest. Using the I-Pad and the accessories that were purchased is another way to incorporate technology in the media classroom. All students in 6th and 7th grade Media benefit from the resources.

Kearney Middle School has been selected to receive grant from Heartland Utilities
for Energy Efficiency (HUEE) video contest

A reception will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on May 16th, 2013 at The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation to award the grant winners of the The Heartland Utilities for Energy Efficiency (HUEE) video contest. Ulrike Hayes and the media students from Kearney Middle School will be awarded a $2,500 grant for winning the Public Service Announcement (PSA) video contest. The PSA video contest was designed to create public awareness about energy wasting habits and how to correct those habits in the home and/or school. The contest is open to middle school children in public and private schools across five counties in Missouri and three counties in Kansas. All students in 6th and 7th grade Media classes benefit from the resources.

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Kearney Middle School raised money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) during March 4-14, 2013. In 2012, KMS raised just over $6000, and was one of the top three contributors in the Kansas City region (Mid-America Chapter). In the past 9 years, KMS has raised an amazing total of $51,438.23. This year, students collected loose change, brought in dollars, checks, and even paid to listen to their i-Pods, all in an effort to raise money for our campaign. Mrs. Howard's (6th grade) seminar class raised over $900. Her seminar will be rewarded with a catered lunch from the Liberty Olive Garden. The other two top classrooms were Mrs. Hodge (6th grade), with over $650 raised and Mrs. Nutter (7th grade), with a classroom total of over $680. Both classes will each be given a $25 gift card to help say thank you and celebrate their success. The Middle School's culminating activity was once again DodgeStock, during which students pay to play their teachers in dodgeball. In all, during this year's campaign,Kearney Middle School raised a total of $7,775.64. We were just named the #1 fundraising school for the Mid-America Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. KMS will be able to celebrate this achievement with an LLS-sponsored school party and the joy of seeing Mr. Woods and Mrs. Shelton being made into ice cream sundaes. Kids helping kids--what a wonderful experience!

The Kearney School District participated in taking the plunge in the 2013 Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Longview Lake. Both students and staff teamed up to raise close to $5000 for Special Olympics of Missouri.

Missouri held its first annual Regional Science Bowl on March 2, 2013 in St. Louis, MO. Kearney Middle School Beyond Basics students sent two teams to the event. Out of 22 teams, the team of Ethan Miller (captain), Hope Jensen, Brooklyn Shumate, and Megan Skelton took 4th place and was awarded the Sportsmanship Award for the event. Other participants include Anthony D'Arienzo (captain), Hunter Gray, Matt Walter, and Elisha Schoor. Both teams represented Kearney well!

Launched in 1991, the National Science Bowl (NSB) is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school and middle school students who compete in a fast paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math. Each team is composed of four students. Regional and national events encourage student involvement in math and science activities of importance to the Department of Energy and the Nation.

Regional science bowl champions receive and all expense paid trip to compete in the national event in Washington DC.

Kearney Middle School - Exemplary PLC Award Recipient

Pictured from left to right:
Bart Woods(Principal), Jessica Hammond(Teacher), Cheryl Hodge(Teacher), Annette Shelton(Asst. Principal), Doris Cadd(Teacher), Zach Boswell(Teacher), Chrissy Nutter(Teacher), Margie Vandeven(Asst. Commissioner Office of Quality Schools - DESE)

Kearney Middle School of Kearney, Missouri, was recognized as a Missouri Exemplary Professional Learning Community School at the 2012 Powerful Learning Conference held in Osage Beach, Missouri on January 30 - 31, 2012.